US stocks close the week with gains after all

FXStreet (San Francisco) - Wall Street closed the week with a strong note as the nonfarm payrolls January report fuels investors' hopes that the Fed would be forced to be cautious on tapering program.

In a dramatic come-back, us stocks rose from multi-month lows reached earlier this week and after ECB decision to maintain the status quo and not-that-bad-to-be-worried nonfarm payrolls report but enough to make the Fed doubts; it seems the bulls are on charge again

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 165.55 points or 1.06% on Friday to close the week at 15,794.08, 0.61% weekly gains. The S&P 500 jumped 23.59 pts or 1.33% to perform its best day of the year and finish at 1,797.02, 0.81% positive in the week.

The Nasdaq climbed 68.74 pts or 1.69% to 4,125.86. The Composite finished with 0.54% weekly gains.

AUD/USD settling middle of range

AUD/USD is settling up for the middle of todays range post a volatile day that took the Aussie between 0.8930 and just a pip shy of the 0.90 handle.
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Session recap: Dollar volatile on NFP’s disappointment

The session had been dominated by the disappointment which was the Nonfarm Payrolls employment report. The dollar suffered in its wake but rebounded with a lack of direction while the data was eventually digested by risk-on markets.
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